yes, bad. means, among other things when coupled with deficit spending,
inflation. looks like reagan prosperity will soon be upon us again. can
hardly wait for those 24 percent credit cards.

worst part for me, of course, is that i'll be 70-1/2 in may and must start
withdrawing from my ira, which as everyone knows or can imagine, is tanking
as i write. it does provide a good case study, however, for the morons who
want to channel social security funds into stock accounts. and, yes, like
many others, i've finally figured out why they're called brokers.

At 11:13 AM 2/16/03 -0800, you wrote:

They're going way up also. There was just a report on NPR about that very
thing. You're right that's the one that spreads across virtually all segments
of the economy. Bad ju ju when you have underemployment and rising costs.

DF

Island Jim wrote:

> anybody been checking diesel prices? i haven't, but i wonder what's
> happening there. they have a bigger impact on other sectors of the economy
> than do gasoline prices.
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